Weekend Adventures

( iPhone pic - Not the best camera)

I recently purchased Kevin's Anniversary gift.. (long over due) He was really wanting an iPhone, so I made it a point to surprise him with one. :) When I went to buy one they were all out of stock, so we had to wait about 2 weeks before it finally came in. Now that he has it, I am so glad I got it for him. He loves it, and I personally think it's the coolest phone ever! Now I want one!
Their are a few downers to it though, you can't send picture messages (can only send them through e-mail) and you can't take videos. The camera isn't the best either. My guess is that they left all that out so they can upgrade them in the future, in order to sell more.

In other news, My dearest husband is moving forward with purchasing the motorcycle he has been wanting to buy from his friend. Most everyone (women of course) tell me how non-safe it is. So I'm pretty nervous about the whole thing, but he is set on buying it. And I have decided to take this leap with him and let him get it. I don't know if I'm a idiot or not for this. If you think I'm an idiot you are welcome to tell me. I won't be offended. :)
Saturday we went over to check the bike out and Kevin test drove it, and he also took me for a ride on the back of it. It was a little nerve racking, but I survived (and so did he).
We talked about the possibility of him one day upgrading the bike and me taking over the one he is buying now. We shall see though. If I'm going to ride the thing, I want some control. I would rather be driving my own then riding on the back of it. Who knows, it would take a lot of getting used to.
Here are a few pictures of Kevin gearing up for his first ride on the bike. He's such a cutie. I think he looks cool with the bike, but really that doesn't matter at all in the long run. It's all about the safety of it.


Here are a few cute pictures of Bailey and Leo. They are so stinking cute. I love them. I am so glad God has softened my heart.. believe it or not, I used to be anti-animals. I didn't like them.. or their hair, or their slobber. Animals just annoyed me. I realized over time it was mostly because when I was a little girl, all the pets I attached myself to, my dad or mom got rid of without me knowing, and it began to break my heart, so somewhere along the line my heart became scared and I just didn't want anything to do with animals. BUT their did come a time some odd years ago, where I found that special love again. Kevin had a lot to do with it, and so did this amazing Dog Charlie. I miss her so much. She was the Settles dog, but grew to be mine too. She got hit by a bus recently. :( So sad! But yeah that's a long story short. I love love love animals now. And am excited that breading time for Leo and Bailey is coming soon! Leo still has probably a good 5 months before he will be ready, but that's OK. I can wait for puppies.

Kevin and I were cleaning the covers to our couch and set the cushions up so the dogs couldn't jump on them... Leo has been bad and has peed on the couch a few times, so now I am reverting to squirting him with water when he gets on the couches. Anyways, since the cushions were up the dogs found it fun to use the space behind as a little fort for themselves. Especially Leo, he loves it behind the cushions, and its so funny when we say his name, because he pops his little head out and looks around then dives back in.

(ha! I love Leo's little wondering expression- He's like, "hey, what are you doing coming near my fort") :)

Life Update

I feel the need to update where we've been lately, where we are, and where we are going in life.

In late news, today's news and future news, Kevin and I still have not completed picking our wedding pictures... What is wrong with us!? We adore our wedding pictures and want them badly, but I guess not bad enough to actually move the ball completely forward. We have not completely failed, because we are headed in the right direction. We picked all the ones we want, but then realized that we can't have them all unless we want to pay thousands of dollars more, yes I did say thousands and that is correct. We already paid for our pictures (which weren't cheap), so we have only a certain amount we can pick, but being that we love most all of them, we picked WAY above our limit, so now we are in the process of deleting the ones we don't really need/want. My sweet husband said that we could possibly add more if we come to the end and are still a little over... He's a nice guy, because I am pretty positive that will happen, knowing me.

Other news:

Brian and Misty came to visit us this past weekend. It was such a pleasure to get to spend some quality time with the 2 of them. They both are such genuine people. Kevin and I are blessed to know them as friends. We ended up doing a lot more than I thought we would have time to do. We ate out together, went and saw The Dark Knight together, laughed together, played a lot of Speed Scrabble together, and shared stories together. It was awesome. I do wish they would have been able to stay longer though. I missed having some quality "girl" time with Misty.. Next time though! :) We miss them and so does Bailey and Leo!

On a different note:

Kevin has been trucking hard through his school work. He is such an inspiration to me.... he never stops, he never quits, he is always trying harder. This week he has a huge paper due (plus other school work), but the catch is that he is also working 3- 12 hour days this week on top of his normal work hours. Plus he continues to work out everyday... I don't have a clue as to how he does it all. I have no room to complain or make excuses for not being able to workout, because I'm not working overtime and I am not in classes at the moment. Which brings me to 2 other topics on the life plan.. School will be starting back up soon for me! Which I am actually really excited about. I can't wait to learn more, and come closer and closer to meeting my goal. Speaking of goals, I am working hard on getting myself in great shape.. not just good shape, GREAT shape! Ha, it's a goal, not a fact, meaning it may or may not happen. I am OK with that (I think).

We've been doing a lot on the house lately (per-previous posts), so that has been consuming my time. I just painted the downstairs bathroom the other day, and I am not too pleased with the color and neither is Kevin. It looks like an Easter color.. it didn't turn out as dark as we expected. I have been rolling all the possible ideas of other colors in my head, but this bathroom is a tough one, I just can't decide. Maybe I should post a picture of the color now, and see what you all think. Maybe it could work out the way it is now... hmm.. any ideas? It's a small bathroom, just a toilet and sink, but I don't want it to be dual, I want color, but I don't want people to feel smothered when they walk in it. I don't want it too dark, but not too light either. Choices choices. I was thinking about doing a really cool wallpaper from Graham and Brown (they have the BEST wallpaper: http://www.grahambrown.com/us/store/wallcoverings.html), but I don't know if the space is too small for that.. Maybe half wallpaper half paint would work. I have some favorites from there site, so we shall see. I think the key is, to not rush it. The inspiration will come when you least expect it.

On that note, updates from the creative Melanie, is that:
I am trying to make more time for my Jewelry making, I love it, but I don't do it enough. I have business cards made (which I think are pretty stinking cool).. now all I need is the business. My preferred goal is to make enough and find a little boutique that will let me sell my stuff. That would just be amazing! You can check some of my stuff out at: http://www.emvieann.blogspot.com/
Another thing I need to work on more is my sewing, I haven't done much since I got my new sewing machine, I've only made pillows. I need to make other things!! My next project with sewing is curtains for our downstairs and possibly our bedroom. We'll see how it goes once I get to it.

I wish I didn't have to work, then I would have all the time in the world to do everything I desire, oh well, that's life and right now I am enjoying/accepting the path God has me on. :)

One step at a time.

One more thing before I end this rambling: Kevin, my dear love is trying so hard to buy a motorcycle! I'm not 100% comfortable with the idea, actually I don't even think I'm 50% comfortable with the idea. But the last thing I want to do is crush his dream all because my fear keeps me from taking risks. Is that right though? Should I step up and say NO! or should I put my feelings aside and let him live a little? I don't know what to do. Any suggestions? I know Kevin will be careful, it's not so much him I am worried about, it's the rest of the world and all the dangers out there. Plus he's human and can be a little clumsy at times, so that makes me nervous. I guess I need to pray about this more, and hope that God puts the right choice in his heart. We'll see. Wish me luck because he is pretty set on getting one.

Well that's all I have for now. I know their is more, but I don't have time to write a book on this thing.

Ta ta,

Mel-